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As EV Zug has already advanced to the knockout stages of the CHL prior to tonight's final group stage game against Esbjerg, coach Harold Kreis has decided to give Tobias Stephan and Lino Martschini a break.

"I want to give Stephan a breather prior to the start of the season on Friday," Harold Kreis explains to the Neue Luzerner Zeitung. In Stephan's stead, backup Fabio Haller will be between the pipes in the home game against the Danish team from Esbjerg tonight.

In addition to Tobias Stephan, also Lino Martschini will not suit up tonight. "For Martschini, Anthony Rech will play," Kreis adds. The 24-year-old Frenchman is one of two import-players on EVZ Academy's roster this season. (tme)